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Reimagining human rights : religion and the common good, William R. O'Neill
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- Summary
- "Jeremy Bentham described the idea of human rights as "rhetorical nonsense." In this book, which is proposed for the Moral Traditions series, William O'Neill shows that the rhetorical aspect of human rights is in fact crucial. He does so by examining how victims and their advocates embrace the rhetoric of human rights to tell their stories. It is a history of human rights "from below," showing what victims of atrocity and advocates do with rights. Using a group of American writings, including Desmond Tutu's on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, O'Neill reconciles the false dichotomy between the individualistic perspective of the human rights theory of Kant, Rousseau, and Rawls and the communitarian approach of Burke, Bentham, and Alasdair Macintyre. He shows that the testimony of the victims of atrocities leads us to a new conception of the common good, based both on abstract theories of individual human rights and the circumstances and history of particular societies. The book then applies this new approach to three areas: race and mass incarceration in the U.S, the politics of immigration and refugee policy, and our duties to the next generation and the non-human world"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 249 pages
- Contents
-
- Interpreting Rights
- Justifying Rights
- Rights and Religion
- Applying Human Rights
- Isbn
- 9781647120351
- Label
- Reimagining human rights : religion and the common good
- Title
- Reimagining human rights
- Title remainder
- religion and the common good
- Statement of responsibility
- William R. O'Neill
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Jeremy Bentham described the idea of human rights as "rhetorical nonsense." In this book, which is proposed for the Moral Traditions series, William O'Neill shows that the rhetorical aspect of human rights is in fact crucial. He does so by examining how victims and their advocates embrace the rhetoric of human rights to tell their stories. It is a history of human rights "from below," showing what victims of atrocity and advocates do with rights. Using a group of American writings, including Desmond Tutu's on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, O'Neill reconciles the false dichotomy between the individualistic perspective of the human rights theory of Kant, Rousseau, and Rawls and the communitarian approach of Burke, Bentham, and Alasdair Macintyre. He shows that the testimony of the victims of atrocities leads us to a new conception of the common good, based both on abstract theories of individual human rights and the circumstances and history of particular societies. The book then applies this new approach to three areas: race and mass incarceration in the U.S, the politics of immigration and refugee policy, and our duties to the next generation and the non-human world"--
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- O'Neill, William R
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Moral traditions series
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- Human rights
- Human rights
- Social justice
- Common good
- Common good
- Human rights
- Human rights
- Social justice
- Label
- Reimagining human rights : religion and the common good, William R. O'Neill
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-230) and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Interpreting Rights -- Justifying Rights -- Rights and Religion -- Applying Human Rights
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- viii, 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781647120351
- Lccn
- 2020006439
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1141026580
- Label
- Reimagining human rights : religion and the common good, William R. O'Neill
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-230) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Interpreting Rights -- Justifying Rights -- Rights and Religion -- Applying Human Rights
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- viii, 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781647120351
- Lccn
- 2020006439
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1141026580
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